The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! - MindSpan Development_Executive Coaching and Leadership Development_Greater China and Other Parts of Asia Pacific

Michael Rees (MSL quote), USA <2007-02-09 00:00>

We all know the story of the 3 little pigs but is it the true story? In the original story the 3 little pigs were the protaganists and the wolf was the villian. But now we hear the story from the wolf's point of veiw in The True Story Of The 3 Little Pigs! written by Jon Scieszka. It seems The Big Bad Wolf,with a Big Bad Cold, only wanted to bake a cake for his dear old granny. When he went to his neighbors for a cup of sugar, he sneezed their houses down and he coudn't leave good meat to spoil. So when the media saw the incident they thought it was too boring. So they spiced it up with "The Big Bad Wolf," and he was locked away.

This book is a great read for kids as well as adults. The pictures in this book are very amusing to look at and is good for bedtime stories. Parents your kids will love this book and kids your parents will love it too!

Joel Gandelman (MSL quote), USA <2007-02-09 00:00>

I'm still chuckling after buying this book and reading it before gifting it to my nephew Greg, 11, and Kayla, 7. And,. as with other books by Jon Scieszka, the huge problem is: I want this book for myself.

The bottom line is that in his version, wonderfully illstrated by Lane Smith, the Three Little Pigs is the ultimate story of spin control. This time, unlike in a zillion other versions, the wolf is telling HIS side of the story - what really happened. And to hear him tell his story (with all of the familiar elements and a delicious economy of words) it's all a terrible mistunderstanding about his allergy, his desire not to waste food, and distortions by the press.

None of this gives any of this away, since the genius of this is not only in the conception, but in the telling of the story. Don't consider this just a book for kids. You can easily gift it to friends, relatives, favorite (and unfavorite) politicians and members of the media. It's the perfect late 20th-early-21st century retelling of the story, with the wolf as the poor misunderstood victim (of the police, the media, and his health etc). Just like the old Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons, this works on two levels so the adults will be as delighted as the kids by this story - which could easily have run as one of Mad Magazine's better pieces.

Get it for the kids, read it for yourself... and get ready to realize what a great gift this would be for adults of any political persuasions. LOVED IT so much... I hate to give this to the kids! Kids of ALL ages will love this story, whether you read it to them or they read it themselves (so will the kids under 40 years old).

A reader (MSL quote), USA <2007-02-09 00:00>

The students in my third grade class love this story. They were very interested in finding out what the wolf's side of the story was! It is a funny way to look at the same event from two different points of view. I introduced this book as part of a newspaper mini-lesson. We talked about always finding out both sides of the stoy they are working on. My students now take this lesson to heart as they write their own newspaper articles.

A. Vernon (MSL quote), USA <2007-02-09 00:00>

This hillarious book could be read two ways... was Mr. Wolf framed ? Was it just media excess up to its usual tricks ? Could be, ya never know!

Or, was old Al just like those people "near and dear" to us, who will say anything, blame anyone, and re-write history if necessary, to justify their actions ? Yes, I have a feeling Mr. Wolf had a big weasel streak in him. It would be interesting to read this story with kids and point out these two viewpoints, and how good it feels to be able to say "I did it, and I'm sorry".

The illustrations by Lane Smith are brilliant, expressive, and with a lot of wit...the "protein" in the giant cheeseburger is so funny!... there are details that will keep you entertained for several viewings, and the use of newspaper cuttings is great. This is a unique and imaginitve book for all ages... the adults I think will appreciate it the most, because old Al will remind us of a few people we know...

A. Vernon (MSL quote) , USA <2007-02-09 00:00>

This hillarious book could be read two ways... was Mr. Wolf framed ? Was it just media excess up to its usual tricks ? Could be, ya never know!

Or, was old Al just like those people "near and dear" to us, who will say anything, blame anyone, and re-write history if necessary, to justify their actions ? Yes, I have a feeling Mr. Wolf had a big weasel streak in him. It would be interesting to read this story with kids and point out these two viewpoints, and how good it feels to be able to say "I did it, and I'm sorry".

The illustrations by Lane Smith are brilliant, expressive, and with a lot of wit... the "protein" in the giant cheeseburger is so funny! There are details that will keep you entertained for several viewings, and the use of newspaper cuttings is great. This is a unique and imaginitve book for all ages... the adults I think will appreciate it the most, because old Al will remind us of a few people we know...

Sarah Morley (MSL quote), USA <2007-02-09 00:00>

Wow! This is a really great children's book! Author, Jon Scieszka really wrote an interesting and entertaining spinoff of to the well known original story of the Three Little Pigs. This would be a great book for teachers to use in all the elementary school classes. However, ideally this book could be used for second and third grade children. The book was basically about the wolf's version of what happened in The Three Little Pigs. I don't want to give the story away, but who ever reads it will find it quite enjoyable and humorous. Teachers can incorporate this book to teach lessons on QAR, people's different points of view, and writing persuasive letters or letters to the editor. It is a truly a useful book which can be used in many versatile ways. It's a great book!

A reader (MSL quote), USA <2007-02-09 00:00>

Jon Scieska and Lane Smith are sick tickets and I for one am really glad they decided not to do therapy but instead write and illustrate kids' books. Their Three Pigs is now a classic (ten years, one half a generation of readers). I've used it in classrooms from K-12, always with great (wolflike) howls of laughter and (porcine) squeals of delight from the youngsters.I've used it as the basis of a junior high writing unit (kids had to rewrite fairy tales in mock-trial format) and in creative dramatics classes (kids had to act it out and not crack up). The new updated version includes a "letter from the pen" explaining how the file got in that cake from granny (of course it wasn't the wolf's fault). This is one of those books every kid ought to own and every teacher ought to be given. Spare your kid's teacher another mug this Christmas and instead buy him/her The True Story of the Three Little Pigs or one of the similarly fractured fairy tales by this delightfully goofy team that has also done Stinky Cheese Man, Frog Prince, The math Curse, the Time Warp Trio and Squids Will be Squids. These are all suitable titles to give to adults too, especially those that you don't know well enough to give them socks but you don't want to give them something like candy because they'll get all hyper. I'd give the Math Curse to my Bookkeeper and accountant. My lawyer would probablylove a copy of the Three Pigs.

A kid reader (MSL quote), USA <2007-02-09 00:00>

I loved reading The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs. It was very entertaining and fun to read. Not only for children, but for teens and adults as well. It shows that every criminal should get their chance to prove their side of the story. It gave the wolf's perspective of the story of the Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf. This book was interesting because the wolf came up with such a hilarious story for what really happened. He said that he was going to their houses to get a cup of sugar for a cake he was making! The wolf also said that he just sneezed when the pig's houses fell down, he didn't really mean to knock them down. (They should have been built better anyways!) He said that the media just jazzed up the trial to make it seem more interesting! This book had comical illustrations to interpret what was happening in the story. The illustrations like almost like a collage. I think this is a great book, and that every child that had heard the story of The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf should definitely read this humorous book.